Several weeks back I posted a question about my husband's recent echo results. Thread can be found here for more detailed info.
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Heart-Disease/So-scared--please-answer/show/1823596#post_8408378
Anyway, as a result of his findings (hypertrophic cardiomyopothy) his cardiologist suggested our 18 year old son go ahead and have an echo done too to see if anything showed on his. Well, husband came home from work today to say that the doc called him and asked that we all come in to see her in a few weeks to discuss the findings and the possibility of having another test done.
Turns out she told my husband that, while there were no outright signs of the condition my husband has, the echo does suggest our son has an Atrial Septal Defect. She said it is not like we have to rush to see her for an appointment and that making one for several weeks out is fine. She also made it sound to my husband that it was very small. The main reason she wants us all in to discuss it is because she mentioned our son having a Trans Esophageal Echo done next.
Of course I jumped right on the internet to look up this ASD and am once again sitting here in tears. Some sites I found made things sound so bad and morbid and others "sorta" put me at ease that this can be taken care of and that he'd be fine and live a long life. What do you have to offer in way of info?
Reading about the symptoms I can't say that my son really has any of them. I mean, fatigue during exercise MAYBE, but who doesn't? He's a normal otherwise healthy kid. I just don't know what to think or say. I'm so sick with worry now. I just don't know. Any insight you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much in advance.